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Oakland Teachers Strike with Student and Community Support, April 29th, 2010: Photos
Oakland teachers were on strike on April 29th, picketing and rallying for a fair contract and against cutbacks for students. They were joined in solidarity all across Oakland by students and community members. Despite the Oakland Unified School District offering scabs $300 for the day, schools were effectively shut down. While Oakland teachers made a strong showing today, where this leaves the Oakland Education Association in their fight against the school board remains to be seen after the board imposed a contract without their consent on April 21st. Undoubtedly, the struggle will continue.
"Honk if you care" at Oakland High School. Lots of honking as cars passed; not so much going on inside the school this day. Report was that three or four scabs were supervising not more than ten students at this location.
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The city of Oakland need to cut out some of the exorbitant wages and benefits it pays to police, fire fighters and other city workers and give some of that money to the schools. Start with Mayor Dellums who the city council gave a big raise to when he became Mayor and he was already getting a generous congressional pension with all the benefits. Oakland police starting pay is $71,000-$90,000 and they don't even have to have a degree- you get more for your degrees- versus $39,000 for teachers. Of course, teachers can't handcuff, curse, beat on, push, taser or shoot in the back our young people like cops in Oakland do.
The Oakland teachers should be at the top not the bottom. What is wrong? If Alameda County is supposed to be one of the most progressive in the Nation - well, that shows you how bad off the US really is.
The Oakland teachers should be at the top not the bottom. What is wrong? If Alameda County is supposed to be one of the most progressive in the Nation - well, that shows you how bad off the US really is.
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